Alternatives for truly portable Math Games & Educational for our kids, particularly Vera now:

Platform
Pros
Cons
Gameboy
  • Very portable
  • Very little effort to get games
  • Only a game console
PC Laptop
  • Not as portable
  • Modest effort to port games to emulators
  • Laptops are not nearly as good for trips
Sandisk e260
  • Very portable
  • Can run GB games as well as music (with RockBox installed)
  • 4GB good size for emulator
  • Moderate effort to get RockBox installed
  • Requires two e2x0 devices, one for testing one for Vera
Sandisk e280
  • Which one for test, which for V?
  • Same as above
iPod Nano 3G
  • Also can be a GB emulator
  • Tools/programs avail to run for L too
  • 4GB good mem size for emulator
  • Seems most educational software targeted at late elem/early MS age
iPod Nano (1G)
  • Same as above
  • Can be test box before doing anything to L's new Nano 3G
  • Same as above
  • Less memory, only 1GB


Based on above, looking at installing RockBox on e280 (and an e250 now on order from Foobis.com) and installing a couple of games:


Howto: